Serial bicycle thief arrested at Admiralty MRT station

[Terry Bogard]

Serial bicycle thief arrested at Admiralty MRT station

Published on Mar 20, 2012

File photo of bicycles seen parked at a taxi rank outside Admiralty MRT station. Since January 2012, police had received several reports of bicycle thefts from Admiralty MRT Station, which led Woodlands Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) to form a task force to follow up on the cases. A 52-year-old Chinese man has since been arrested. -- MY PAPER PHOTO: SARAH CHANG


Police have arrested a 52-year-old Chinese man for a series of bicycle thefts.

Since January 2012, police had received several reports of bicycle thefts from Admiralty MRT Station, which led Woodlands Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) to form a task force to follow up on the cases.

On March 19, while conducting a stakeout at the vicinity of Admiralty MRT station, the task force officers spotted a Chinese man using a cutter to cut the chain that secured a bicycle and attempting to ride away with it.

The man was immediately detained.

Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.